Poll: Fifty-Six Percent Say Wright Makes Them "Less Likely" To Vote For Obama
If the numbers in this new Rasmussen poll are an accurate reflection of the electorate's sentiments, it would seem that Obama has not sufficiently distanced himself from his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, despite an aggressive media push on his part to do just that:
Most voters, 56%, said Wright’s comments made them less likely to vote for Obama. That figure includes 44% of Democrats. Just 11% of voters say they are more likely to vote for Obama because of Wright’s comments...Overall, voters are evenly divided as to whether Obama should resign his membership in the Church—42% say that he should while 40% disagree. White voters, by a 46% to 33% margin, say that Obama should leave the Church. African-American voters, by a 68% to 16% margin, say he should not.
The poll also finds that Obama's favorability rating fell to 47%, down five points from last Thursday -- a drop that according to Rasmussen shows that the Wright story "has had at least a temporary impact on public perceptions of Obama," though it strikes me as a stretch to read this as being solely because of Wright.
The poll also finds that Wright has a comically abysmal favorability rating of eight percent.
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